alt.education

on Sun 02 Mar 2008 10:23:25a
adykes@panix.com (Al Dykes) posted
in news:fqerat$8j5$1@panix3.panix.com:

> In article ,
> Pisano wrote:
>>
>>
>> Refer to the subjects of my posts.
>>
>> We must NOT lose hope for Dr. Paul!
>>
>>
>
>
> Most Paul supporters only know of and support him for just one
> of his policies, maybe anti-war (good, IMO) or gold-based
> currency (bad, in the eyes of the vast majority of economists.)
>
> Here's a summary of all the legislation that Paul has not just
> voted for but sponsered. The anti-war folks that back him just
> for troop withdrawal should be in for a suprise.
>
> http://dneiwert.blogspot.com/2007/11/ron-pauls-record-in-
> congress.html
>
> he's been a busy little legislator.
>
> Anyone that shills for Paul should know what he's shilling for.
>


Fortunately "busy" is not synonymous with "effective".

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| Ronald Paul has sponsored 352 bills since Jan 7, 1997,
| of which 347 haven't made it out of committee,
| and 0 were successfully enacted.
|
| GovTrack.us, March 3, 2008
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Although Ron Paul seems to think
that "ineffectual" is synonymous with "substantive":

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| Congressman Paul introduces numerous pieces of substantive
| legislation each year, probably more than any single member
| of Congress.
|
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Also, the list missed a real piece of lunacy:

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| H. R. 3216: To authorize the President to issue
| letters of marque and reprisal with respect
| to certain acts of air piracy upon the United States
| on September 11, 2001, and other similar acts of war
| planned for the future.
|
|
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Somehow Paul believes that Letters of Marque, which were
originally based upon a dubious interpretation of the law of the
sea, and directly targeted ships flagged by an enemy nation, can
somehow be extended presently to cover a private entitity's acts
of violence on an airline corporation's property, and violent
incursions into the sovereign territory of a foreign nation, which
the US Government has not issued a formal declaration of war
against. I have a hard time squaring this position with The
Constitution's expressed authorization of legislative powers, and
Original Constitutional Intent. Then there is the other insanity
of giving an American Governmental imprimatur to the Blackwaters
of the world, so they can, on their own initiative, engage in acts
of war on the Nation's behalf.